The Young Shepherdess

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792)

Kenwood House

1770s

Young girl seated on a wooden gate, her left arm leaning on a pedestal, cradling a crook; her right arm, which is bare, holds her skirts. Lambs to the right seated and eating vegetation.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 128 x 103cm
• ArtFunded in: 2003
• Bequeathed by Murtogh Guinness through The Art Fund

Provenance

Lady Thomond (artist's niece); Christie's 1821; Colonel Howard; Hon Mrs Greville Howard; sold 1888 with Templeton Collection; Lord Iveagh; Lord Moyne; ... ; Murtogh Guinness.

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